In 2001, GSK considered withholding a study that showed Paxil caused suicidality and violent feelings in teenagers because it coincided with the Columbine shooting tragedy, according to the complaint. One of the shooters was on Luvox, a different antidepressant.

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The FDA has always been clear about Paxil: It has never been approved for children and was specifically rejected for children in 2003 and 2004.

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Yet GSK went right ahead and marketed it for kids anyway, the DOJ's complaint states.

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By as late as 2005, GSK had a list of 5,800 child psychiatrists prescribing Paxil to kids, of which 1,424 were child psychiatry specialists, the DOJ says.